Mattress package



R. WI SCHWAB.

MATTRESS PACKAGE.

- APPLICATION FILED SEPT-20,192].

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ROBERT WILFRED SCHWAB, 0F- ATLANl.A, GEORGIA.

MATTRESS PACKAGE.

Application filed September 20, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT W. SCHWAB, a citizen of the United States,residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Mattress Packages; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full. clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to special packages and more particularly tomattress packages.

Objects of the invention are to provide a sealed mattress package suchthat a mattress may be shipped from the factory and delivered to thepurchaser, sound, dry and uncontaminated; to enable mattresses to beshipped and stored in a package that is compact and economical ofstorage space, may be easily handled, does not invite the use of hooksby freight handlers and is not likely to be torn or marred; to provide amattress package that will keep moisture from the mattress when thepackage is standing on a wet floor and that will maintain its positionon a floor or platform, and requires the minimum of protective material.

The invention consists in the peculiar con struction and combinationdescribed in the ensuing specification, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings and defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings in which like reference numerals indicate like partsthroughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved package;

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 with one closure removed from thecasing or carton disclosing the rolled mattress within;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the improved package standing on end;

Figure 4 is a similar perspective of another form of the improvedpackage.

In Figures 1, 2 and 3, A indicates a carton or casing as a whole, saidcarton being made of paper board or like fibrous lead or felted materialwhich may be bent but is of sufficient rigidity to retain its form andOf SUillcient strength to resist rupture 1n ordinary handling. Thetubular body 1 of the carton may be made of a single sheet of paperboard having two edges abutting and secured together in any desiredmanner. I

cemented over the Serial No. 501,942.

have shown said edges at 2 held in place by a strip of cloth, toughpaper, or the like 3, cemented over the seam formed by said abuttingedges as indicated at 3. The tubular body 1 of the carton is of suchshape that it conforms substantially to the contour of a snugly rolledmattress 4. The embodiment illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3 is in theform of a rectangular, symmetrical, ten

sided prism the base and top each forming a regular decagon. Each end ofthe tubular body 1 is provided with a closure 5 inset within the upperand lower edges, respectively. Each of said closures 5 corresponds inoutline with the cross section of the tubular body and may be dished orprovided with a flange 6 about its perimeter. The closures, 5 with theirflanges 6 are set into the ends of the tubular body and secured in 7 5place by flat wire stitching 7, which is passed through the flanges6 ofthe closures and the edge portions 8 of the tubular body. A snuglyrolled mattress 4, inserted endwise in the carton, tends to expand andconform. so

substantially to the form of the tubular body. The rolled, expandedmattress, sub stantially filling the tubular body, assists the wallthereof to resist impact tending to break or penetrate said wall. Theplane facets 9 of the prismatic carton shown in Figures 1 to 3 preventthe package from rolling when lying on a floor or platform on its side.By forming a carton with six or more facets its wall substantiallyconforms to the exterior form of a rolled mattress and at the same timeovercomes the tendency of the package to roll on the floor when laid onits side.

In Figure 4 there is shown a cylindrical and secured in any suitableway, as by a strip of cloth, tough paper or the like 13 seam. Theflanged closures 15 of the cylindrical carton may be died or pressedfrom paper or pulp-board and inset within the end edges of the tubularbody 11. When so inset a flange of double thickness will be formed atthe ends of the package through which fiat wire 7 may be stitched tosecure the closures in place.

The improved packages described are sub- 11o stantially sealed so thatdust cannot enter. The mattress does not have to be wrapped in sheeti11" paper to pro"ect it from dirt. The pacc is a conven cut one forshippin and handlin lne la at each end enable it to be SSIZGCl by theand car ried about nth case; there is, therefore, nothing to invite thecareless use of bale hooks. flanges reinforced by stout flat iv ire Utches enable the package to be stood on end in such manner as to keepthe mattress out of contact With moisture on the floor. The is such asto require the possible quantity of paper board to enclos a mattress.The entire makeup of the package is such as to insure the shipment anddelivery of a mattress from t r16 factory to the consumer in perfect,sanitary condition. in order to remove the mattress the strip coveri theseam in the tubular body may be ripped off or slit with a knife.

By the term paper board I mean relatively st 3 sheet material made offibrous substances by the usual paper making processes such so-calledcorrugated board, fiber board, binder board, pulp board, and the like.

What It claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is:

1. A mattress package consisting of a rolled mattress encased in asealed pap 1' board carton substantially conforming the contour of therolled mattress.

2. A mattress package consisting of rolled mattress encased in a sealedpaper board carton substantially conforming to e to 1 asses the contourof the rolled mattress, said carton having at least one plane facet onits exterior.

3. A mattress package consisting of a rolled mattress encased in asealed paper board carton substantially conforming to the contour of therolled mattress, said carton having a plurality of plane facets on itsexterior.

4-. A mattress package consisting of rolled mattress encased in a sealedpaper board carton substantially conforming to the contour of the rolledmattress, said oarton having inset end closures providing a fian e ateach end.

5. A mattress package consisting of a rolled mattress encased in asealed paper board carton substantially conforming to the contour of therolled mattress, said carton having flanged inset end closures providinga multiply flange at each end of the package.

6. A mattress package consisting of a rolled mattress encased in asealed paper board carton substantially conforming to the contour of therolled mattress, said carton having flanged inset end closures providinga multiply flange at each end of the package said end closure 8 beingsecured in place by flat Wire'stitching penetrating the two plys of theflanges.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. I

ROBERT WILFRED SGHWAB.

